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USISA cyber-attack similar to previous hacker intrusions from China penetrated computer networks for months at USIS, the government's leading security clearance contractor, before the company noticed the break-in, officials and others familiar with an FBI investigation and related official inquiries told The Associated Press. The breach compromised the private records of at least 25,000 employees at the Homeland Security Department and cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars in lost government contracts. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press / AP

Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker of Ohio listen as President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

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Secretary of State John Kerry greets President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, before the president gave his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

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President Barack Obama waves before giving his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Vice President Joe Biden applaud Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

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Alan Gross waves from the first lady's box before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
Alan Gross waves from the first lady's box before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.
Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

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Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applaud President Barack Obama, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, during his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP / AP

In this photo taken Oct. 17, 2014, the USIS building in Falls Church, Va. A cyber-attack similar to previous hacker intrusions from China penetrated computer networks for months at USIS, the government's leading security clearance contractor, before the company noticed the break-in, officials and others familiar with an FBI investigation and related official inquiries told The Associated Press. The breach compromised the private records of at least 25,000 employees at the Homeland Security Department and cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars in lost government contracts. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP / AP

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In this photo taken Oct. 17, 2014, the USIS building in Falls Church, Va. A cyber-attack similar to previous hacker intrusions from China penetrated computer networks for months at USIS, the government's leading security clearance contractor, before the company noticed the break-in, officials and others familiar with an FBI investigation and related official inquiries told The Associated Press. The breach compromised the private records of at least 25,000 employees at the Homeland Security Department and cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars in lost government contracts. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP / AP

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Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP

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Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP In this photo taken Oct. 17, 2014, the USIS building in Falls Church, Va.
A cyber-attack similar to previous hacker intrusions from China penetrated computer networks for months at USIS, the government's leading security clearance contractor, before the company noticed the break-in, officials and others familiar with an FBI investigation and related official inquiries told The Associated Press.
The breach compromised the private records of at least 25,000 employees at the Homeland Security Department and cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars in lost government contracts.
In this photo taken Oct. 17, 2014, the USIS building in Falls...
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Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP In this photo taken Oct. 17, 2014, the USIS building in Falls Church, Va.